From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V4 #192 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.quackquack.net/pattyg * OR * go to http://www.amrecords.com * then click "tour" and fill in the blanks :) * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V4 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Thursday, June 29 2000 Volume 04 : Number 192 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: food for thought ["Nancy Micciulla" ] MM: Re: food for thought/defining song ["upside.down" ] MM: NPC: Food for thought ["Ramos, Ruben" ] MM: Ashley Cox ["Eryn Fleming" ] Re: MM: Re: food for thought/defining song ["Angi" ] MM: NPC Songs... [AG ] MM: Review excerpt-Anika Van Wyk-Calgary Sun 6-4-00 ["Donald Henn" ] Re: MM: NPC: Food for Thought [Nursegrrl8@aol.com] MM: NPC- Food for Thought ["Donald Henn" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:21:39 PDT From: "Nancy Micciulla" Subject: MM: food for thought i don't think i could possibly choose one song to "define" (for lack of a better word) myself. i mean, if you were talking about my love-life, it would have to be "ghost" by indigo girls (i think one of my all time favorite songs) or "sad sad world" by sheryl crow (that one goes out to you, dave :-) -- pathetic isn't it? i'm in dry spell right now. but there are times when "peter pan" fits perfectly, or "rhiannon" (god i love stevie nicks) "soul" by chantal kreviazuk, "victims of comfort" by keb'mo', (at this point, i'm going through my cd collection and remembering every song that has made me cry -- either in joy or pain), "back you up", "#41", "let you down", and "the stone" all by dave matthews band, "victim" (darcie, i cannot get it out of my head!), joni mitchell's "same situation", alanis morrisette's "compromise", tom petty's "wildflowers", tori amos' "silent all these years", "china", "take to the sky", "cooling". and really, any of patty's songs will do. music and lyrics affect me so deeply. and i think in being a songwriter myself, i've realized that songs are parts of an artist's soul, and they have put it in front of us to read and to share. that is absolute beauty to me. so now that i've bored you all to death with my songs (you can probably all figure out what's going on in my life, right now) i'll go to bed. it is, afterall 2:23 in the morning, and i've just returned from an amazing black crowes concert. i'm exhausted. have a good day everyone! nancy http://www.paperwings.de ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:05:57 -0400 (EDT) From: "upside.down" Subject: MM: Re: food for thought/defining song interesting question, this one song bit.... like anne, i also have to pick a tori song, and for similar reasons! :) Silent All These Years was the first song to ever reach into my heart and just bring it all out. i still remember the first time i ever heard it, it was so emotional. it's not my favorite song anymore, but it still can grab me in places i once didn't know i had. anyone else? :) chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:24:15 EDT From: "Sarah Stanley" Subject: Re: MM: Re: food for thought/defining song I don't know how I could ever pick just one defining song either - but I DO know it would be a Tori song as well. And there are just TOO many of those to even choose! I guess if I think of it in terms of which of her songs was one of the first to reel me in and to really dig deep down and get inside me, it would be "Tear in Your Hand" on little earthquakes. That song defined a period of time that I was going thru and still makes me shiver every time I hear it. I think that that was one of the songs that made me stop and reevaluate myself and look deeper into me. It also began to change and shape the music I listened to after I discovered the beauty of Tori. I don't know if I would have been able to appreciate artists such as Patty had I not developed such a love for Tori. She opened my eyes to so much..... :) Sarah "tori crazy" :) >From: "upside.down" >To: mad-mission@smoe.org >Subject: MM: Re: food for thought/defining song >Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:05:57 -0400 (EDT) > > > >interesting question, this one song bit.... > >like anne, i also have to pick a tori song, and for similar reasons! :) >Silent All These Years was the first song to ever reach into my heart and >just bring it all out. i still remember the first time i ever heard it, >it was so emotional. it's not my favorite song anymore, but it still can >grab me in places i once didn't know i had. > >anyone else? > >:) >chris > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:42:44 EDT From: RbSayre@aol.com Subject: MM: patty promos in Atlanta! Hiya- If there are any list members in Atlanta I was up there this weekend for Pride and got a copy of the promo from Corner CD in Virginia Highlands- they still had a bunch on Friday : ) peace, rick listening to: jennifer nettles band/story of your bones Dig it! A New Page for a New Century! Rick Sayre 101 *as i read you with my mouth and my finger tips like berries you color my hands, like wine you stain my lips* - -jennifer nettles ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:53:10 -0600 From: "Howes, Meghan" Subject: MM: RE: NPC: Food for thought One song? It's like picking one paradise when so very many exist. I think the deciding factor is whatever is really hitting my buttons at the moment--that and the song with the most longevity, i.e. one I can listen to over and over, whenever, and it still hits me square in the heart. Sarah McLachlan's "Terms of Endearment" (the version on Mirrorball is just fantastic) and Patty's "Tony". (Close second--Marvin Gaye's "makes me wanna holler" and bill withers' "lovely day" or "grandma's hands".) Meghan - -----Original Message----- From: JAMac99@aol.com [mailto:JAMac99@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 4:54 PM To: mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: MM: NPC: Food for thought I was watching the Real World last night and there was a commercial for the Real World Album, which featured songs that the various cast members chose as being influential in their lives, a favorite tune or something like that. It made me wonder how someone could pick just one song that would define them. If you had to pick just one song, what would it be? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:50:30 -0700 From: "Ramos, Ruben" Subject: MM: NPC: Food for thought Choosing one song as an all time favorite is difficult. Especially, when you have a favorite song for each emotion within you. One song that has always made me feel happy and nostalgic is Rickie Lee Jones' "Woody and Dutch". Another that makes me sad and hopeful is "Love and Affection" by Joan Armatrading. The list goes on... ~Ruben ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:57:43 -0400 From: "Eryn Fleming" Subject: MM: Ashley Cox Hey everyone. The other night I was out at open mic night at Happy Endings in Syracuse, and I saw one of the most amazing performers. Her name is Ashley Cox and she just released her 1st CD (which I bought and it is great, I must add). I just wanted to let you guys know, in case by some chance you are out in the Syracuse area, you should definitely try and see her live. She seems to be very Ani influenced, and I also hear a little Tori in her. Anyway, check her out here http://www.ashleycoxmusic.com . It's a brand new website and there isn't much there yet, but there's a little information if anyone's interested. ~eRyN ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:15:13 -0400 From: "Angi" Subject: Re: MM: Re: food for thought/defining song ok, i forgot what the exact topic was, but if it had to do with a favorite, inspiring, tearjerking song i would have to say that there are quite a few out there that i can not live without. the first song that ever hit me hard was "truth' by the cure, i think it was the first song i ever heard that brought me to tears instantly. after that there were so many singers that took my heart and spun it in crazzzie circles. i would have to say that my favorite, aside from patty, who runs a close second , is sinead o'connor. "troy", "i do not want what i haven't got" and "thank you for hearing me" are all very important to me for a number of reasons.. and lastly, although it is not fair for me to only name a few of my favorites-nothing can make me feel parts of my heart that i didn't even know could hurt so bad like " solitude", "don't explain" and almost every other song sung by billie holiday... well i wish i had more time to discuss, but i have to get to work soon :) peace and love, angi ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:23:20 -0400 (EDT) From: "C. Minter" Subject: RE: MM: NPC: Food for Thought Oh my goodness, I'm feeling the Tori-love and it feels sooooo wonderful! Anne, I have to agree with you. When I first picked up Little Earthquakes, I listened to "Silent" so many times. Yet, it wasn't until I went one song further, to "Precious Things," that I knew I literally would never be the same. I think that "define" is the perfect word for what that song did and still does. It was so analogous to my life I felt that Tori had reached into my brain and pulled out all of the tension, insecurity, anger, frustration, and potential that was there and put it to words and music. I never thought Tori could top that recording, but THEN, like the brilliant little redhead she is, she goes and releases a stunning, rockin' live version of it on To Venus and Back. Oh my god, does that song ROCK live! Just that whole long intro before she even comes on stage is intoxicating. It makes me giddy. I'm smiling like an idiot right now as I type this. There are very few women artists out ther! e who encourage empowerment. It is so hard to find a singer who can write the most achingly beautiful love song (China, Cooling, Doughnut Song, Baker, Baker), and then turn around and say, "so you can make me cum, that doesn't make you Jesus." Oh, the irreverence! She rocks! - -Cristina - ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:17:23 -0700 (PDT) From: AG Subject: MM: NPC Songs... Welll... "Flood of Sunshine" by The Posies is the song that my dad played when my mother walked me down the aisle at my wedding...and my favorite song ever. but the hope and strength that "Mad Mission" soars with never fail to bring me higher... but then, too, "rockchick saves the day" by Lotion...or maybe "Destroy 2000 Years of Culture" by Atari Teenage Riot. Naw, what am I thinking - it's gotta be "mmm...bop" by Hanson. Yeah, that's it. xoxox! *andie* __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:14:03 -0400 From: "Donald Henn" Subject: MM: Review excerpt-Anika Van Wyk-Calgary Sun 6-4-00 MMers , Remember , I'm just the messenger. "Unfortunately , opening act Patty Griffin was a disappointment.Though she is talented , she lacks stage presence and charisma.She delivered loud , bass-heavy and raunchy music with apparent apathy. About the only time she spoke was to tell the near-soldout crowd her name , and she rarely moved , other than to pull up the straps of her tank-top. Sadly , her boredom was contagious. Much of the crowd fidgeted , talked and wandered in and out through her 40 minute set" Summertime And the livin' is easy George & Ira Gershwin , Dubose Heyward "Summertime" Don ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:24:25 -0600 From: "Howes, Meghan" Subject: MM: RE: Review excerpt-Anika Van Wyk-Calgary Sun 6-4-00 Okay, at risk of being cyber-stoned-to-death, I have to admit that when I saw Patty in Missoula, MT a couple years back (opening for Lucinda Williams) she lacked "stage presence" and her electric guitar was WAY too loud. Had I not been such a fan going into the show I may have written her off entirely, but I didn't (of course). I did know many people who thought she was "dull" though. I can't wait to see her again, hopefully at a small venue, so I may witness the magic I hear everyone else talk about... Bestest, Meghan ___________________________________________________________ "standing on the shoulders of giants leaves me cold..." r.e.m - -----Original Message----- From: Donald Henn [mailto:donhenn@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 4:14 PM To: mad-mission Subject: MM: Review excerpt-Anika Van Wyk-Calgary Sun 6-4-00 MMers , Remember , I'm just the messenger. "Unfortunately , opening act Patty Griffin was a disappointment.Though she is talented , she lacks stage presence and charisma.She delivered loud , bass-heavy and raunchy music with apparent apathy. About the only time she spoke was to tell the near-soldout crowd her name , and she rarely moved , other than to pull up the straps of her tank-top. Sadly , her boredom was contagious. Much of the crowd fidgeted , talked and wandered in and out through her 40 minute set" Summertime And the livin' is easy George & Ira Gershwin , Dubose Heyward "Summertime" Don ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:06:25 -0400 From: "Donald Henn" Subject: MM: NPC-Sainthood MMers , I too , would like to belatedly thank "Saint Jen" for the promo , the MP3 site , & everything else she does on behalf of Patty & her fans. I would also like to thank anyone that voted for me , & I promise that when I move into the White House , everyone will get everything they want & we will all be happy all the time. Let Bore & Gush top that! We're going to be elected , elected , elected Respected , selected , called collected I wanna be elected , elected Alice Cooper "Elected" Don ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:49:07 EDT From: Nursegrrl8@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: NPC: Food for Thought From: sisterjanet.1@email.com (C. Minter) Sender: owner-mad-mission@smoe.org To: s430744@gettysburg.edu (Anne Corrigan), Mad-mission@smoe.org (Patty Griffin list) <<< Oh my goodness, I'm feeling the Tori-love and it feels sooooo wonderful! >>> At this stage of my life, I couldn't possibly think of one song...but I was asked this question a few years ago and my answer was quite sad if you think about the lyrics to Tori's "Everybody else's girl." I really related to it. Joanne ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:34:39 -0400 From: "Donald Henn" Subject: MM: NPC- Food for Thought MMers , Sticking with influential , rather than defining. The first song that surprised me with the depth of feelings it evoked was "There Goes My Baby" by the Drifters (circa mid-50's) , I think I was about 13 , & was watching one of the attractive neighborhood girls stroll by my house. The song was one of the first R & B tunes to use orchestral music. A little while before my wife & I separated , I spent a day in the gameroom , shooting pool by myself , drinking , with the lights down low , & listening to music. The 4 songs I still remember from that day (25 years ago) are , "Handbags & Gladrags" & "Mandolin Wind" by Rod Stewart , & "So Far Away" &"It's Too Late" by Carole King. I'm sure that the influence of them helped me to decide on the"clean break" I needed at the time. I sympathize with anyone that doesn't take music seriously enough for it to lift them. Not only when you're down , but anytime you can find emotional rapport in music , and lyrics , it lifts you higher. I've said more than once that modern-day poetry is in music , & that it has so much more impact when the music , the singers voice , & the words are striking that emotional chord at the same time. Music has had constant influence on me since my first strong memory of it, playing "Some Dirty Dog put Glue on My Saddle" by Gene Autry with my brother in the early morning , before the rest of the family was up. The Rock 'n Roll era , the Classic Rock era , & the Patty Griffin era have all infuenced me greatly. I think that what music does for me , is bring out that part of me that I want to survive the changes of time , the part that I want to nurture & strengthen , without intellectualizing it so much that I lose the passion of living. I guess that's enough out of me.(once again , I turned a short comment into a dissertation). Have a great summer. Something inside has died And I can't hide And I just can't fake it Carole King "It's Too Late" Nothing else to do But close my mind Carole King "So Far Away" Don ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V4 #192 *********************************